not funny! you are forgiven for not knowing, but SPCA (animal welfare movement no?) should know basic stuff about their exhibit.

water level should be higher than the highest point of the carapace to allow the snapper to fully submerge, otherwise they'd be stressed and moody.

Obviously those officer ta pao back home la...
for sure sell off themself to get extra pocket money.
biasa ler...Boleh land...corrupted to the max...
eh sham...i  tot UR the one with Uzairi kena raided in the party??
n u mcm scofield...Prison break while Uzairi still inside prison having fun with gay mates in the cell.LOL

He's looking for potential victims to fall into his pink trap, Uzairi. Poor Leslie.

leslie has a trap

Just an update

They plan to rebury the eggs and try to hatch them ( Fingers very crossed ) !!

Even mention in one of the local Chinese newspaper about  how some of the officer ( Perikanan ) have kept some eggs in their store and after a few days turtles hatch out ( some miracale ) !!!

LOL What are they thinking !! A remark from my friend !!!

    not to mention some dragons and phoenixes as well eh...

Just wondering why you all are so prejudice against the Malaysian enforcement officers

well...at least they did their job...i mean...they could have taken th bribe...but instead of having done that...they played their part...now aint that professional?

i don think its common.i never see any sellin in pet shops.
plus thier high cost,i don think those shop will get them.

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Added on November 9, 2008, 10:42 pmuzairi
the pellets were awesome.
my turtle just like it very much.
unfortunately the nutrition list is not in english.

seems to have alot of BURMESE STAR WANNABE in the market.

Guys, instead of asking whether yours is a burmese or a indian. why not google up and check the difference. You will get a better understanding on the diff btw them. if you ask us, we will just answer NO is not a burmese. Therefore do some reading on star tortoise.

For those who say you see this and that at this particular price bla bla bla. Dude, check the price in overseas and local pricing that was once offered. YOU AINT GETTING FOR THAT PRICE that you mention not by chance.

The resemble or look like but THEY ARE NOT. so just move on and admire the beauty of burmese star.

Uzairi...still remember the burm you keep. hehe

yeayea...anything they say...i never meant to say against their statements...just that when i saw that lil guy...prima facie it got me thinking that it was a burmese...but ya'll should really have seen it...we have a guy going to that pet shop taking photos now...hope i was right

yes they can die out of heatstroke if you put them out in the sun for too long without any shade/hide. water for drinking/soaking won't help much because the shell is a damn good heat conductor.

depending on the severity of the damage (whether the tortoise had minor dehydration, foaming or had thoroughly been cooked up inside) the tortoise can die on the spot, live a few days in agony or just might survive. my advice, don't take chances!
they (IST) usually come out during dim light photoperiod (morning/late afternoon/early evening) when the heat is not so intense. most of the time the remain in hiding, whether sleeping or lazing off.

most petshops don't provide hide, and assume restless tortoises (in search of hide) as active tortoises.
grandis... love them.

no matter how much they fight, they still ended up eating like pigs. even the smallest (lowest in hierarchy ) don't seem to be affected by the bullying LOL..

hey,my mum bought a turtle which is exactly same as king83,they called "star turtle"in chinese.
it already above 5-6 yrs i think,but we nvr keep it well,now i feel like give it a better environment,hope u guys can giv me more opinions ><

guys do you know where to find bigger , deeper water tanks??
my common snappers are now at about 6" (measurement from top shell to bottom shell)
those i found are mostly fish tanks round type doesnt suit my snappers to swim around

btw now about 6" i read the snapper websites say about after hatchlings feed them once on two to three days , and adult once a week , what u guys advise ??

Question: For like for ELMO's case, would the size of the tank affect the growth of his snapper? Coz some fishes tend to grow faster/bigger when they are reared in larger tanks. Was juz wondering if that applies to TTT also?

And also i think that elmo, you'd wanna get the maximum size u can now so that you don't have to keep changing when ur snapper gets bigger that'd save u alot of money n time to chg..my opinion..

wahaha3,so cute... and quiet cheap too..wanna go to buy there also lah,but worry if get caught..ho3 it all about law,but must obey it for the sake of conservation..harap2 la..but in my conservation biology class,it did mention that serious pet lovers or breeders also contribute to the conservation biology..but not many can become serious pet lovers,just wanna play2 with the pets. hope everyone in TTT not like that lah..

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=...4187&sec=nation

Ain't that one big specimen? btw, they refer the soft shelled as a tortoise.. is tat right?

When i mean sui yu, i mean the ones they cook for soup dude.

Would you like to cook a fly river turtle for dinner?  And i don't think anyone calls soft shells "sui yu" other than the ones people use for boiling soup.

Good for you you have tasted, now i know what to try 

Yeah, i am malaysian chinese, and also, im also sure that lots of people here including me, (besides you) have only seen the ones they serve in chinese restaurants, and usually have white undersides  .

I also think that soft shell turtles they serve in shops, also are called sui yu, and like you said, to the locals, in north aussie or what other places you stated,  might be called sui yu, but to us? 

I don't want to cause a racket here. Just stating out what i think.

When they're big  , and usually the softshells in restaurants are adult size